[New crown pneumonia] 10 people leave the residence a day to send to an acquaintance acquaintance to report a cut with a fever male

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Written by: Yang Wanting

2020-03-24 22:49

The outbreak of a new type of coronavirus pneumonia (commonly known as Wuhan pneumonia) is raging. Last Thursday, foreign visitors to Hong Kong were required to undergo 14 days of compulsory quarantine and wear electronic hand straps. However, many people have violated the compulsory quarantine order since the implementation of 6 days. , Leave the residence without permission, someone cut or remove the strap. The government pointed out that 10 people left their home without authorization today and have been arranged to be sent to the quarantine center. A total of 24 people have been so far. It is understood that some of the cases were revealed because of deceased relatives, including mothers reporting violations of their sons, or acquaintances who discovered that they need to be separated to cut off their hands and take out meals. They also included police surprise inspections, security guard reports, citizen reports, Government electronic surveillance system.

A pair of brothers and sisters at the top of the hill Baijiadao were found out to hit waves. (Online picture)

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A total of 24 people were sent to the isolation camp for violating quarantine orders, an increase of 10 people a day

The government said that since the compulsory quarantine arrangements for people arriving in Hong Kong from foreign regions came into effect on March 19, a total of 24 people have been transferred to closed quarantine centers for violating quarantine orders. Taking today as an example, the police received a report from the public and discovered a suspected violation of the quarantine order through the government electronic surveillance system. They immediately went to investigate the suspected persons who left the residence without authorization. As a result, 10 people were arranged to be sent to the quarantine center. The Department of Health and the police will continue to investigate and collect more evidence for the Department of Justice to consider prosecution.

It is understood that the police will inform the Department of Health immediately when they find a person suspected of violating the quarantine order. When it is determined that the person concerned needs to undergo compulsory quarantine, the Department of Health will arrange an Auxiliary Medical Service and ambulance to the scene. After a preliminary inspection, he will be sent to the hospital for examination if he is found to have a fever or symptoms. If there are no symptoms, he will be warned or sent to the isolation camp, but it is reported that the vast majority of cases will be sent to the isolation camp.

Those who entered Hong Kong on March 19 will be recorded in the Immigration Department's list. Those who have not completed the 14-day quarantine will not be allowed to leave the country. Among them, someone tried to leave the country, was stopped by immigration officers and sent to an isolation camp. (Profile picture / Photo by Yu Junliang)

Old man feels unwell and seeks medical treatment and is exposed to quarantine order

Violations of quarantine orders vary. Those who enter Hong Kong after March 19 will be recorded in the Immigration Department's list. If the quarantine person is not allowed to leave the country after 14 days have passed, someone will attempt to leave the country, and they will be stopped by the Immigration Department and sent to the isolation camp. When some quarantined persons conducted home quarantine, some staff of the department visited the house. Therefore, the building security staff knew that a certain unit was conducting quarantine. When they found that the person had left their residence, they immediately called for assistance.

Any quarantine person who needs material or has an abnormal body must call the Department of Health's support hotline and cannot go out. Among them, there were cases of elderly people in their 60s who went to the clinic for medical treatment during home quarantine and found that they had violated the quarantine order.

Mother reports son acquaintance report cut hands with fever

Other cases also included a pair of siblings going out on the top of the mountain to be found and reported to the police. A citizen in Shimen called the police and found that people wearing electronic hand straps went out to eat and were sent to an isolation camp. There are also cases of "righteous extermination", such as a mother reporting a son against a quarantine order. This morning, a man in Tsuen Wan was found to have violated the order after eating a car noodle. In fact, he had cut his wristband at that time, but he happened to be seen by an acquaintance. Because he knew he was going to be isolated, he called the police and the man was sent for fever. hospital.

In addition, the police will conduct surprise inspections and find out that the quarantined person who has cut off the hand strap will inform the Department of Health and send him to the quarantine camp. In some cases, the Department of Health referred them to the police on their own initiative, such as calling the quarantined person unattended, the electronic surveillance system found out-of-compliance persons, and online information. When the police came to inspect and confirmed the violations, they would be sent to the quarantine camp. .

Citizens can report to the police or report in 1823

The government calls on citizens to report violations of quarantine orders using the online platform "e-Report Centre" (www.erc.police.gov.hk/cmiserc/CCC/PolicePublicPage?language=ch) and the mobile application "Tell me @ 1823". The government is grateful to the enthusiastic citizens for providing information through the online platform. Yesterday (23), 7 people were intercepted for violating the quarantine order and reported through the public online. The public can also provide the government with information on suspected violations of quarantine orders through the telephone numbers of the report rooms of various district police stations (www.police.gov.hk/ppp_tc/contact_us.html#rr) and the "1823 GovHK".

Department of Health hotline 2125 1122 is not used to report offenders

Regarding the information circulated on the Internet to the Department of Health's hotline 2125 1122 to provide information on violations of the quarantine order, the government clarified that the hotline is for help from the Department of Health when symptoms occur to the quarantine person.

The government once again strongly urges quarantine persons to strictly abide by the quarantine requirements in order to protect the health of themselves and others. This is important to prevent the spread of the epidemic in the community. Anyone who violates the quarantine order and leaves the quarantine place without authorization is a criminal offence. Once convicted, he can be imprisoned for 6 months and fined 25,000 yuan.

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